Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-22
FROM VERMONT TO CAIRO

CAIRO, Egypt, March %, 1887.
To the Editor of the Free Press

NO " OF rev. u. y. HOpItins's Letters.
CAIRO, Egypt, March 25, 1887.
To the Editor of the Free Press
We have Just returned from philac,
Nuba, having spent three weeks in going
400 miles up and down the Nile,on Cooks
new tourist steamer Mahomet Ally. He
has put three such on the Nile the past
winter, the first time such thing was
ever done on this grand old river. Our
pleasant party of 80 contained representa-
tlves from st. Petersburg, Berlin, Paris,
London, Rome and Cairo. Cleveland,
Ohio, contributed one American family.
and Burlington contributed US. You see
that Russia. France, Italy, Prussia, Eng
land and Egypt all represented their dig
mites from their especial capitals So we
two families were held by the rest to EN-
body the dignity Of the United States,
Jas just now visible on the NIle) on
remember Shakespeare's remark, "Some
are born to honor, and some have honors
thrust upon them" etc, whether they like
it or not. So here.
We have truly learned much of ancient
Egypt. One day we spent at the pyramids
OF Glzeh, ascending CheopS another ut
Hellopols; another at the pyramids
OF Sakkarah and the tomb of III.
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motnbo. Lastly we made our pilgrimage
to the famous Island of PhIlac, and
Elephantine Island, near Assouane, and
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